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March-April 2015
Ethnic Dances from the Balkans and Beyond, following the Linscott Tradition
Kopachka Folk Dancers
NEWSLETTER
Friday Calendar
MARCH
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7pm POT LUCK
8-10:30pm ALL REQUESTS
(no teaching)
Monthly Pass $15 (4 weeks)
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Strawberry Recreation Center
118 E. Strawberry Drive
Mill Valley
Exit Hwy.101 at Tiburon Blvd. (131).
Go east towards Tiburon for 3/4 mile to
E. Strawberry Drive. Turn right, then go
straight to the parking lot entry on right.
Entry $5 - Monthly Pass available
First time free
newsletter editor: Susie Shoaf
[email protected]
[email protected]
From the President’s Corner
Spring is upon us, and that means lots of
folk dance festivities, starting with our
spring pot luck, March 6th, at our usual
and
spacious
location:
Strawberry
Recreation Center. All are invited, members
and friends. Please try to arrive by 7pm. We
will set up and sit down to eat soon after
7pm followed by all-request dancing from
8pm to 10:30. Do bring a dish or drinks to
share, and please provide a serving spoon, if
needed.
On March 20th and 27th, we are pleased
that Sue Williard will return to Kopachka
for two weeks of guest-teaching. This is
Sue’s third engagement with us. Sue is both
a wonderful dancer and a skilled teacher,
with much enthusiasm and energy, who has
previously taught at the Kolo Festival and at
the Lark Camp at Mendocino Woodlands.
Do remember: On March 27th we will be
dancing at Scout Hall (177 E. Blithedale
Ave.), not at the Strawberry Recreation
Center, which is booked for a previously
scheduled event.
On April 24th Kopachka will host its
‘Hardly Strictly Balkan’ Spring Dance
Party, with one of our favorite bands,
Guest Teacher Anke Koelman at Kopachka Jan. 30
Zabava! Zabava! last played for us in
October 2013 and they were a big hit. Now,
we will be able to have our party at the
spacious Strawberry Recreation Center,
with its sprung wooden dance floor. If you
attended our party with Bulgarika this past
October, then you know what a great venue
this is for live music dance parties. Tell your
friends!
Zabava! is one of the Bay Area’s premier
Balkan dance bands, and were a major
success at the 2014 Kolo Festival. The
band, whose name means ‘party’, plays
energetic and rhythmically dazzling music
in the Bulgarian, Greek, Macedonian, and
Romani traditions. These musicians
recreate the vibrant interplay of traditional
music and dance from the cultural
crossroads of the southern Balkans. Along
with Bill Cope (gajda, bouzouki, tambura,
accordion, vocals), Zabava! features
Corinne Sykes (vocals, tambura, tupan,
darabuka), Michele Simon (vocals, baglama,
tupan, hand drum), Rich Schultz (kaval),
and Tom Farris (tambura, guitar, hand
drum).
Finally, I would like to thank all who have
volunteered to help keep Kopachka
running. The next Board meeting is
scheduled for April 26th. If you have any
concerns or suggestions regarding club
matters please don’t hesitate to contact me
or any of the other Board members, to
bring up issues that you would like the
Board to consider.
See you on the dance floor,
Nadav Nur , President
Kopachka Folk Dancers
New website >>> kopachkafolkdancers.com
Regular teaching schedule
7:30-8:30pm
Program 8:30-10:30pm
Watch the weekly blasts
for teachers and dances.
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Sue Williard, guest teacher
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moving March 27th only
117 E. Blithedale Ave., MV
(20th & 27th for 2 weeks)
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ALL REQUESTS 1st Friday
7:30-10:30pm
10
(no teaching)
Monthly Pass $15 (4 weeks)
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Regular teaching schedule
7:30-8:30pm
Program 8:30-10:30pm
Watch the weekly blasts
for teachers and dances.
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ZABAVA! Live 8-11pm
$10 ‘Hardly Strictly Balkan’
Spring Folk Dance Party
SCHEDULE
7:30-8pm
Beginning-Intermediate
teaching
8-8:30pm
Intermediate-advanced
teaching
8:30-10:30pm
Dance Program with
light refreshments
First Friday:
All Requests
7:30-10:30pm
(no teaching)
March-April 2015
Kopachka Folk Dancers
Photos from
February 6th first
Friday All Request
Night at Strawberry
Recreation Center,
Kopachka’s
new venue
Mendocino Folklore Camp
July 4-11, 2015
bazaar & auction donations
The mission of Kopachka membership is to
enhance our shared love of international
dance, music and culture through
committed and cooperative efforts, and
participation in the running and
maintenance of the club. Membership is
open to all interested individuals.
Zabava! Live - Friday, April 24
at Kopachka - ‘Hardly Strictly Balkan’
Spring Dance Party 8-11pm $10
Bay Area Dance Week
Friday, May 1 – Free Friday Event
In conjunction with a week-long series
of free dance events around the Bay,
Kopachka will join in with a ‘Free
Friday’ on May 1st. Invite your friends!
bayareandw.org
2014-2015
Board Members
Nadav Nur, President
Andy Toplarski, Vice President
Susie Shoaf, Secretary
Margaret Harrison, Treasurer
Gail Hurwitz, Membership Chair
Elizabeth Settel, Elections
& Bylaws Chair
Marilyn Wronsky, Publicity
& Special Events Chair
For everyone who listened to my story of the
Japanese ‘tidying’ expert’s visit, with her
effective method of reducing clutter, you
learned that I’m now into keeping only
things around me that ‘spark joy’, at least to
me. Who knows what joy they may spark
in others, however? With that said, it’s a
great time for everyone to join in with a bit
of spring-cleaning. Lucky Sheehan and I
are in charge, respectively, of the
Mendocino Folklore Camp bazaar and
auctions this summer and are seeking
donations (tax write-offs) of your still ‘joyful’
folkdance outfits, accessories, authentic
souvenirs,
prints,
jewelry,
hangings,
…anything ‘ethnic’! Please bring them by
any Friday AND join us and other
Kopachka members at camp too!
My all time favorite folk dance teacher, Yves
Moreau, will be teaching Bulgarian dance.
Plus there will be English Country &
French-Canadian dance teachers and so
much more. Check it out or ask us!
- Susie and Lucky
Mendocinofolklorecamp.org
Financial Report
Balance: 12/31/14
February 2015
$ 8,055
Jan.-Feb. 2015
Income
$ 995
Jan. entry
$ 465
Feb. entry
$ 530
Expenses
$1,533
Rent Jan. & Feb. $1440
other expenses:
$ 93
(website, guest teaching)
Balance: 2/28/14
Bay Area Dancing
Sundays: March 1 & April 12
Sundays at Lomitas Schoolhouse
2-5pm
2421 Lomitas Ave., Santa Rosa
Mondays: March 9, 30, April 12, 26
Balkan Dance Cabal Ashkenaz
7:30 - 9:30pm int./adv. teaching $5
[email protected]
Saturday, March 21
Razzmatazz Red & Black Ball
7:30-10:30pm $5 (bring snacks)
dance party to recorded music
Monroe Hall, 1400 West College Ave.,
Santa Rosa >> Wear red & black
[email protected]
Wednesday, April 1
Balkan Folkdance (from the 70’s)
7-8pm teaching 8-11pm dancing $7
Ashkenaz, Berkeley ashkenaz.com
Saturday, April 18
International folk dance party
Petaluma Snap-y Dancers
8-9:15pm recorded favorites
9:30-11pm live music by Staro Vino
$8 (bring drinks or snacks)
Hermann Sons Hall, 860 Western Ave.,
Petaluma
[email protected]
Friday, April 24
ZABAVA! Live at Kopachka
‘Hardly Strictly Balkan’
Spring Folk Dance Party
8-11pm $10 (bring drinks or snacks)
Strawberry Recreation Center
118 E. Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley
$7,517
>> Next Board Meeting: Sunday, April 26, 2015
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